Maricopa County AZ Archives History - Businesses .....Wickenburg 1912 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/az/azfiles.html ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com March 25, 2005, 2:13 pm Book Title: Polk's Arizona Pictorial Gazetteer And Business Directory WICKENBURG. Pop 600. Maricopa county. A town on the S F P & P Ry 55 miles n w of Phoenix the county seat and usual banking point. Has a Presbyterian church, 2 hotels and an opera house. A weekly newspaper the Miner is published. Mining is the principal industry; considerable farming is done and some of the finest fruits and vegetables are raised. There are many thousands of acres of land tributary that could be brought under cultivation by well irrigation. Large numbers of cattle and sheep are raised. Has an elevation of 2,075 feet. The climate is especially fine and this would be a fine location for a sanitarium for the treatment of throat and pulmonary troubles. Exp W F & Co. Tel W U. Jno Witherlay P M. BAXTER OPERA HOUSE. Richard W Baxter Propr. (See adv.) BAXTER RICHARD W, DEALER IN Lumber and Builders Supplies, Propr Baxter Opera House. (See adv.) Bozarth Jno, gen store. Brayton Commercial Co, E S Johns, pres; Ancell Martin, sec and treas; gen store. Campbell L L, r r, exp and tel agt. Chow Walter, restaurant. CONTRERAS ANGEL, TINNER AND Plumber. (See adv.) Cowell Henry, grocer, propr Cowell Hotel. Cowell Hotel, Henry Cowell propr. Curry W R, real est. Davis Chas C, conf. DISTILLATE STORAGE CO, George B Upton Propr, Storage, Oils and Greases. (See adv.) Dunn J R, barber. Fleming J J, phys. Gilbert W J, 2d hand goods. HAMMER ANGELA H, PUB Wickenburg Miner. (See adv.) Helm Wm, barber. Hyder Chas T, livery. JENNINGS O W, BLACKSMITHING, Horseshoeing, Wagon Work, Plumbing, Pipefitting and Auto Repairing. (See adv.) Keith David, drugs. Lopez Ramon, blksmith. Monarch Mining & Smelting Co, C W Platt nmgr. Nunez Jose P, shoemkr. Orozco Jesus C, billiards. Roberts M A, restaurant. Shannon Guy C, auto livery. Smith Win H, propr Vernetta Hotel. UPTON GEORGE B, PROPR Distillate Storage Co. (See p 569.) Vernetta Hotel, Wm H Smith propr. Vulture Mines Co, A R Mackay mngr. Wickenburg Board of Trade, Oscar Jennings, pres; J J Fleming, sec. Wickenburg Ice & Cold Storage Co, Chas Miller, pres; E J Ford, sec; Henry Cowell, treas. WICKENBURG MINER. ANGELA H Hammer Pub. (See p 569.) Wickenburg Public Library, Mrs G M Murphy librarian. Woods I B, transfer. Young Bros, meats. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/az/maricopa/directories/business/1912/wickenbu618gms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/azfiles/ File size: 2.9 Kb